France was the second country to host the modern Olympic Games in 1900 in Paris. Paris also hosted the games again in 1924. Three winter Olympics have been hosted in France.
The most famous road bicycle race in the world, the Tour de France zig zags through the French landscape.
One of the four grand slam tennis events, the French Open, is held in Paris every year.
Louis Pasteur was a French scientist who made many discoveries in the fields of chemistry and microbiology.
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